The article reports on the eradication of poliomyelitis in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Supplemental immunization activities and multiple strategies were sued by the two countries to fight polio, which include coordination with non-governmental organizations for health services and administration of oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). It was found that the number of cases in Pakistan went down in 2009 although transmission remains.

The article reports on the paper published in the "Indian Journal of Medical Ethics" in 2012, which has estimated 47,500 cases of a polio-like condition linked to the oral polio vaccine in India in 2011.

As the goal to eradicate wild polio virus (WPV) is approached, outbreaks associated with vaccine derived polioviruses (VDPV) with neurovirulent properties have emerged. The relevance for the spread of infection by nonparalytic cVDPV cases, with mutations associated with neurovirulence, is...

Polio eradication, like all eradication efforts, is a gamble. If it fails, much of the money spent will have been wasted. If it succeeds, the world will reap a dividend. Success or failure and the magnitude of the dividend depend on a long chain of "weakest links." In this paper I identify these...

Focuses on the efforts of Americans to eradicate poliomyelitis. Coverage of oral polio vaccine; Identification of high incidence of disease; Intensive training in surveillance and control of outbreaks.

The article highlights developments in the management of poliomyelitis in Nigeria from January 2013 to September 2014. Topics discussed include the routine vaccination of infants and children with trivalent oral polio vaccine, improvement in supplemental immunization activities (SIA),...

The article reports that new polio vaccines may help stamp out polio, which has made a stronghold in northern India despite intensive vaccination campaigns. In recent weeks, polio has exploded in the north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, where children are still being paralysed by...

Compares the oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) coverage and vaccination costs for the children of Egypt basing it on the house-to-house and fixed-site delivery strategy. Vaccine coverage by type of vaccine delivery; Vaccine delivery costs; Estimated cost of vaccine delivery per child; Variables...